Besieged, bothered and beleaguered. Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl was all of that Thursday when he met the news media on the eve of the Volunteers' NCAA opening-round game against Michigan. A day earlier, UT athletic director Mike Hamilton said Pearl's future in Knoxville was uncertain, thrown in doubt by the ongoing NCAA investigation surrounding recruiting violations Pearl committed and then lied about.

But there's a rumor going around that there is in fact another college basketball tournament taking place at the same time. Perhaps you've heard this rumor? That women's basketball players are competing for a national title too? When people hear about this and want to check it out, they end up having a difficult time proving it in the mainstream news media, especially radio and TV, so they often end up wondering if they just dreamed it.

Gonzaga has plenty of experience when it comes to preparing for the NCAA men's basketball tournament, and the Bulldogs women's program is also no stranger to the postseason. This March, however, has presented a different dynamic to the usual amount of madness experienced by the Spokane, Wash., school.

A study released Tuesday found the women's teams in this year's NCAA basketball tournament graduated their players at a higher rate than their male counterparts. An annual report by the University of Central Florida's Institute for Diversity and Ethics shows all the women's teams graduated at least 50% of their players compared with 76% of the men's teams reaching the 50% mark.

A four-month investigation into a student's death has found the University of Notre Dame did not maintain safe working conditions and failed to heed wind warnings when the hydraulic lift he was standing on to film football practice toppled over in 51 mph gusts.

The NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament has been more of a coronation than a competition the last two years as Connecticut rolled through back-to-back unbeaten seasons to win its sixth and seventh titles.